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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 825
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Windows or window glass |
| MOTHER STATES PT WAS LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW AND THE BLINDS FELL ON HIS HEAD DX HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2002 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| CUT HEAD WHEN PULLING ON BLINDS AND FELL ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Slides or sliding boards |
| GOING DOWN A SLIDE (INDOOR TYPE OF PLAY EQUIPMENT) WHEN CORD TO BLINDS ON WINDOW GOT CAUGHT AROUND HER NECK DX: ADMIT WITH NEAR STRANGULATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/19/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, SCALP LACERATION- SUSTAINED WHEN BLINDS FELL ON HER HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| CUT FINGER ON VENTIAN BLIND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PUT PLACSTIC ROD FROM BLINDS IN MOUTH DX: LACERATION, ADMIT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| ABRAISION EYEBALL WHEN WOODEN BLIND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT CAUGHT WINDOW SHADE CORD ON FACE AND FELL TO FLOOR. DX: FACIAL ROPE BURN, CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2002 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PLASTICS BLINDS FELL ONTO HEAD LAC LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PATIENT JAMMED A PIECE OF PLASTIC ROD FROM WINDOW BLINDS INTO PALATE IN MOUTH WHEN TAKING A NAP; PALATE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PATIENT HAD BLINDS CORD AROUND NECK AT HOME , OLDER BROTHER MAY HAVE PU LLED CORD TIGHT; NEAR STRANGULATION, ABRASION ON THROAT FROM EAR TO EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PLAYING AND A FEW MINUTES LATER PARENTS FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE WITH VEN ETIAN BLIND CORD AROUND NECK;90% BODY ON FLOOR 2 MIN.BRAIN INJ;MED FLIT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| VERTICAL BLIND FELL ON FINGER DX-ACUTE 1.2 CM LACERATION L 2ND FINGER R EPAIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2002 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| CUT HAND ON BLIND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT SUSTAINED SUPEFICIAL LACERATION TO THE SCALP - 4 MONTH OLD FEMALE WITH SMALL CUT TO RT SCALP S/P WINDOW SHADE FELL ON HER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT CUT EAR ON CURTAIN BLIND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| CONTUSED EYEBALL WITH STICK OF BLINDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 1 CM LAC TO NOSE MINI BLINDS FELL FROM WINDOW DX: LAC TO NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT STRUCK HEAD ON MINIBLINDS AND HAS CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 16 MO NOT USING (L) ARM SINCE THIS PM. PLAYING W/ SHUTTERS. X-RAY. (L) SHOULDER,ELBOW,RADIUS ULNA. DX:LUE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Beds |
| PT FOUND UNDER BED EATING PIECE OF MIMI-BLIND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| BLINDS FELL ON PATIENT WHE SHE PULLED ON STRING AT HOME; FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PATIENT HIT IN EYE BY VENETIAN BLIND OR BLIND CORD AT HOME; CORNEAL ABR ASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| WHILE LIFTING UP A WINDOW SHADE, IT STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE. DX. R EYE CO RNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PER MOM, CHILD SHOVED MINIBLIND IN THROAT, SMALL HOOK PIECE MISSING DX: HISTORY OF FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| WINDOW BLINDS FELL ONTO PT'S HEAD. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| LAC NOSE ON A METAL MINI BLIND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT CAUGHT BLIND CORD AROUND NECK. DX: ACCID NEAR STRANGULATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| SCRATCHED EYEBALL ON BLIND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT WAS FOUND HANGING FROM BLIND CORD. DX: ACUTE STRANGULATION, COMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/14/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| BLINDS FELL ONTO PTS FACE, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT PUT PLASTIC END OF BLIND STRING IN MOUTH STARTED TO RUN WAS JERKED B ACK, SUSTAINED ABRASION TO ROOF OF MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| LAC LT INDEX FINGER CUT BY WINDOW BLIND. SIMPLE LAC LT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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